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Nevelson was sui generis. Though a quintessential modernist, she was no joiner. During her long life of artistic activity, she studied Cubism, flirted with Surrealism, and imbibed the influence of Minimalism, but no avant-garde movement could claim her. She was Mark Rothko's favorite sculptor, but she wasn't hanging out with the Ab-Ex crowd at the Cedar Tavern. Jed Perl, who gives her short shrift in New Art City, his survey of mid-20th-century Manhattan's artistic avant-gardes, links her work with the sculptor Richard Stankiewicz's "junkyard Constructivism." But Stankiewicz (a generation younger) and David Smith (her nearer contemporary) were welders, while she worked with the regenerative capacities of wood, a once-living medium. And the room-size environments she began fabricating in the 1960s preceded the advent of installation art by some 20 years.
the jazz church at citicorp is the kind of multi/non denominational sacred space that i would envision for the ground zero memorial. no propaganda. just a place to pray and no one telling you what to play.
The new St. Peter's church building is shaped abstractly like two hands held together in prayer, with large vertical windows offering passersby glimpses into its interior and the Erol Beker Chapel that contains a large sculptural wall by Louise Nevelson. The church was well known for its jazz programs under the Rev. Ralph E. Peterson, and those programs have continued after its rebuilding.
Louise Nevelson.Sky Gate, New York, 1977-8
Black Painted wood relief
HERITAGE PRESERVATION PUBLISHES FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LOSS
TO NATION’S CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A RESULT OF 9/11 (060302)
The report begins with a short overview of the diverse cultural property universe that existed in and around the WorldTrade Center before the attacks. It then describes the artworks, historic and archaeological artifacts, archives, and libraries that were destroyed or damaged, as well as the condition of those that survived. Outdoor
sculpture and historic buildings are included in this summary.